Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

G Luxel · 22-06-2009 12:58AM

I have an R12 estate, from 1979, originally lime green but now very dark mud green and also is original Irish regd. It needs restoration. It was last on the road in 1997. Rust is everywhere...:D

chave · 22-06-2009 01:09AM

Drove by me at 88mph then disappeared

carchaeologist · 22-06-2009 07:05PM

G Luxel wrote: »

I have an R12 estate, from 1979, originally lime green but now very dark mud green and also is original Irish regd. It needs restoration. It was last on the road in 1997. Rust is everywhere...:D

Any pics?

jozi · 24-06-2009 01:58PM

Seen a white 1965 SL 280. What a yummy car! Guy standing next to it wasn't terribly chatty, he was the mechanic and his cousin in-law owned the car.

Sorry, no pics. was just nipping down to the shop when I seen it, doubt the guy would have been to happy about it anyway

MercMad · 24-06-2009 02:41PM

jozi wrote: »

Seen a white 1965 SL 280. What a yummy car! Guy standing next to it wasn't terribly chatty, he was the mechanic and his cousin in-law owned the car.

Sorry, no pics. was just nipping down to the shop when I seen it, doubt the guy would have been to happy about it anyway

.............1965 would make it a 230SL.Where roughly was this BTW ?

jozi · 24-06-2009 02:42PM

Maybe it was a 230, not great with the merc naming system. It was just like this one:
1965%20Mercedes%20230SL%206866.JPG

I seen it in Drumcondra. The owner was a solicitor.

MercMad · 24-06-2009 02:57PM

Ohh I think I know the car.

They look almost identcial BTW, 230/250/280SL W113 are all the same to look at, only hub caps, mirrors, and lights are very slightly different, together with minor interior changes.

carchaeologist · 24-06-2009 10:23PM

Some shots from the show

carchaeologist · 24-06-2009 10:26PM

And some irish stuff

Apologies for the phone pics..proper camera died..:o

Lauder · 24-06-2009 10:33PM

A few from my travels today;

vroom-vroom

manta mad · 24-06-2009 11:32PM

oooohhhh that monza is lovely !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cool:

spotted these this week , dunno what they are though ???????

first on e was on the kerry road out of limerick
looked like a mk2 scriocco , but it wasnt

this YOKE :rolleyes: havent a clue !!
spotted in kilcoole

carchaeologist · 24-06-2009 11:42PM

Lauder wrote: »

A few from my travels today;

Wheres that uno?Looks abandoned?They are all but gone these days.

Hermy · 25-06-2009 12:16AM

Lauder wrote: »

vroom-vroom

I like that Monza. I've seen a Senator parked there a lot in the past. Obviously an Opel fan.
The Uno has featured here before me thinks.

And you posted the 500 before me.:(

I also saw this Merc in the City Centre this afternoon.

jozi · 25-06-2009 12:26AM

Think I seen that 500 before. Picture of it in the thread somewhere with it parked up in Drumcondra with in-tow signs on the back. Someone said it broke down with engine trouble coming of the boat.

G Luxel · 25-06-2009 01:29AM

manta mad wrote: »

This is a kit car known as the Midas, I think it is out of production a long time.

This car is called a WiLL VI, a Toyota Yaris floorpan shared model and a Japan only model. The rear of the car looks like the rear of the Megane 02 hatchback but this is a saloon and quite a few of these have arrived here in the last year or so, first produced in 2000, later replaced by a Will Cypha.

The WILL brand also sells fridges, microwaves in addition to this car.

voteforpedro · 25-06-2009 01:54AM

i want.....

trevorbrady · 25-06-2009 08:42AM

why would anyone go to the trouble of building a kit car that ends up looking like any other 80's/90's hatchback? And then painting it navy?:rolleyes:

I just don't get it...

tc20 · 25-06-2009 09:16AM

^ that Midas looks like a hybrid Escort - a Mk2 2000 nose grafted onto a Mk3 body. As trevorbrady says...why?

Didn't Midas make kit cars also based on a metro ? Seem to recall a grp bodied black coloured one around in the 80s (in a mag, never saw one in the flesh), awful panel gaps and a faux Lotus look to the bodykit.

@ manta mad - you get around a bit dont you ?

just kidding - i live near kilcoole and often see that Will - its a rare thing for sure. There's also a Nissan Pau going around these parts as well, a more utilitarian mode of transport -

http://www.algysautos.com/pao_homepage.html

Ballykine43 · 25-06-2009 09:26AM

Hi G Luxel and others. Are you sure that is a Midas? Looks a bit big to be Mini based. Couldn't find one like it on the Midas site . Looks more Escort size. Perhaps it wasn't popular and died the death with the enthusiasts club. http://www.midascars.net/

sogood · 25-06-2009 11:36AM

Saw this in a garage in Shannon. Nobody about so dont know anything about it except that its pretty ugly! Anyway, see for yourself. And I wasn't being cheeky insofar as the bonnet was already opened when I arrived, so I thought a pic of the engine was no harm. Hard to get a good one though, as it was parked awkwardly.

sogood · 25-06-2009 11:42AM

In a coach garage in Killarney, belongs to the owner, according to the mechanic.

tc20 · 25-06-2009 11:51AM

^^ that Daimler is a stately old beast alright. Looks like its been in the wedding game with the flowers on the back shelf.
The 'D' reg is around 1967, though i wouldnt know what model it is.